1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:04,963 --> 00:00:06,493 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:06,577 --> 00:00:09,035 The case you'll be bringing is: obstruction of justice. 3 00:00:09,118 --> 00:00:11,326 Against the Attorney General. 4 00:00:11,410 --> 00:00:14,535 We need the icebreaker now. We need Grigor Andolov. 5 00:00:14,618 --> 00:00:17,952 International criminals are unstable bedrock for a cap raise. 6 00:00:18,035 --> 00:00:19,618 You don't think taking his money was at least worth a discussion? 7 00:00:19,702 --> 00:00:20,994 There was a discussion. 8 00:00:21,076 --> 00:00:23,035 He said I was off the raise team. 9 00:00:24,243 --> 00:00:25,702 This is an object lesson. 10 00:00:25,785 --> 00:00:29,577 It's time to put away childish enthusiasms. 11 00:00:29,660 --> 00:00:31,785 I don't even know that it's wrong for him 12 00:00:31,869 --> 00:00:33,452 to do what he's doing... 13 00:00:33,535 --> 00:00:35,827 only that I don't like how it makes me feel. 14 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,827 Boss... Mick Danzig just quit. 15 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:39,994 - Jack. - No. 16 00:00:40,076 --> 00:00:42,368 Yes, Jack. 17 00:00:42,452 --> 00:00:44,410 I know that you have built a good chunk 18 00:00:44,493 --> 00:00:46,243 of your fortune on cheap steel deals. 19 00:00:46,326 --> 00:00:49,118 It's not only illegal, it's fucking dangerous. 20 00:00:49,201 --> 00:00:51,160 But if you imagine this is the first time 21 00:00:51,243 --> 00:00:54,076 I've ever had to wrestle with my shoulders near the mat, 22 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,994 you're gonna learn something very different. 23 00:00:56,076 --> 00:01:00,160 We. Fucking. Did it! 24 00:01:00,243 --> 00:01:03,326 Six billion dollars committed. 25 00:01:03,410 --> 00:01:04,869 I've been making follow-up calls to book 26 00:01:04,952 --> 00:01:06,493 the money that was pledged at the raise. 27 00:01:06,577 --> 00:01:08,660 I'm having problems locking it in. 28 00:01:08,744 --> 00:01:11,410 It looks like you're ready to get into business. 29 00:01:11,493 --> 00:01:13,201 I need a meeting with your boss, Grigor Andolov. 30 00:01:13,285 --> 00:01:16,076 I will pull all my money, 31 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,160 and I will give it to Taylor. 32 00:01:18,243 --> 00:01:20,368 A new kind of organization. 33 00:01:20,452 --> 00:01:22,201 And you can make more than you do now. 34 00:01:22,285 --> 00:01:23,702 With a partnership stake. 35 00:01:23,785 --> 00:01:26,869 You've stolen from me. And you've betrayed me. 36 00:01:26,952 --> 00:01:28,452 - Alvin? - We got him. 37 00:01:28,535 --> 00:01:30,410 It worked. I can play you the tape. 38 00:01:30,493 --> 00:01:32,785 The fellas told me what you had in store for me. 39 00:01:32,869 --> 00:01:36,535 You, Charles Rhoades Junior, are relieved of duty. 40 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:38,869 On power of the President, you are fired! 41 00:01:38,952 --> 00:01:43,493 Get the fuck out of here. 42 00:01:43,577 --> 00:01:46,076 - 'lo, Bob. - Charles. 43 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,076 So, you know how you're gonna go after Jock? 44 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,994 Some ideas floating around my head. 45 00:01:51,076 --> 00:01:52,493 And, uh, Taylor? 46 00:01:52,577 --> 00:01:54,076 Yeah. 47 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,035 Got a plan that's starting to form. 48 00:02:17,785 --> 00:02:19,452 ♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't ♪ 49 00:02:19,535 --> 00:02:21,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 50 00:02:21,118 --> 00:02:23,285 ♪ Shriveled ♪ 51 00:02:23,368 --> 00:02:24,618 ♪ Don't, don't, don't want a dick ♪ 52 00:02:28,785 --> 00:02:30,994 ♪ Don't want, don't want no short dick ♪ 53 00:02:31,076 --> 00:02:32,660 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 54 00:02:32,744 --> 00:02:34,702 - ♪ Teeny little short dick man ♪ - Excuse me. 55 00:02:34,785 --> 00:02:36,869 ♪ Don't want, don't want no short dick man ♪ 56 00:02:36,952 --> 00:02:38,869 ♪ What in the world is that fucking thing? ♪ 57 00:02:38,952 --> 00:02:41,243 You bopping over to the Taylor Mason party after this? 58 00:02:41,326 --> 00:02:43,702 So you have good intel. That we met with Ms. Mason. 59 00:02:43,785 --> 00:02:46,326 If that's what you want to call them. 60 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:48,243 We need to be certain no money is going 61 00:02:48,326 --> 00:02:50,035 to ex-employees of Axe Capital... 62 00:02:50,118 --> 00:02:52,952 Ms. Mason, specifically, 63 00:02:53,035 --> 00:02:55,827 if you want us to continue jacking up your returns. 64 00:02:57,785 --> 00:02:59,285 One moment. 65 00:03:01,118 --> 00:03:03,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 66 00:03:03,118 --> 00:03:05,160 ♪ Shriveled little short dick man ♪ 67 00:03:05,243 --> 00:03:07,035 ♪ Don't want, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 68 00:03:07,118 --> 00:03:08,577 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 69 00:03:08,660 --> 00:03:10,744 ♪ Shriveled little short dick man ♪ 70 00:03:10,827 --> 00:03:12,368 ♪ Don't, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 71 00:03:12,452 --> 00:03:14,368 Absolutely. Yeah. 72 00:03:14,452 --> 00:03:16,160 ♪ Teeny weeny, teeny little short dick ♪ 73 00:03:16,243 --> 00:03:18,368 ♪ Teeny weeny, teeny little short dick man ♪ 74 00:03:18,452 --> 00:03:21,243 ♪ Don't, don't, don't want, don't want no short dick man ♪ 75 00:03:21,326 --> 00:03:25,368 This conversation should continue with the Sheik back at the Embassy. 76 00:03:25,452 --> 00:03:27,368 He's having his own after-party. 77 00:03:27,452 --> 00:03:28,702 ♪ Don't want, don't want, don't want, don't want ♪ 78 00:03:28,785 --> 00:03:30,035 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny ♪ 79 00:03:30,118 --> 00:03:32,118 ♪ Teeny little short dick ♪ 80 00:03:32,201 --> 00:03:34,994 ♪ Eeny weeny, teeny weeny, shriveled little short... ♪ 81 00:03:51,009 --> 00:03:52,076 Where's the Sheik? 82 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,827 We can have more fun without him. 83 00:03:54,910 --> 00:03:56,827 Come on. 84 00:03:56,910 --> 00:03:58,577 I'd love that. 85 00:04:11,214 --> 00:04:14,814 _ 86 00:04:49,952 --> 00:04:51,452 Good morning, boss. 87 00:04:51,535 --> 00:04:53,368 Hey, Chef Ryan. 88 00:04:53,452 --> 00:04:55,827 I got up early. 89 00:04:55,910 --> 00:04:58,660 Just put that coffee in a go-cup and get the car brought around. 90 00:04:58,744 --> 00:04:59,785 Man like you should eat something. 91 00:04:59,869 --> 00:05:01,243 So you have fuel to burn. 92 00:05:01,326 --> 00:05:03,827 Do I look like I need to fan the fire? 93 00:05:11,452 --> 00:05:14,410 The new, beefed up non-competes. Ready to be signed. 94 00:05:14,493 --> 00:05:16,869 They better be iron fucking clad. 95 00:05:16,952 --> 00:05:20,452 Believe me, they're tighter than AC/DC in '78. 96 00:05:20,535 --> 00:05:22,076 Then let 'em fly. 97 00:05:23,577 --> 00:05:26,201 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 98 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:27,243 ♪ Hmm ♪ 99 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,910 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 100 00:05:29,994 --> 00:05:30,910 ♪ Ooh ♪ 101 00:05:30,994 --> 00:05:33,869 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 102 00:05:33,952 --> 00:05:35,035 ♪ 'Course I do ♪ 103 00:05:35,118 --> 00:05:37,660 ♪ I feel fine ♪ 104 00:05:37,744 --> 00:05:42,160 ♪ Because there is something about King Jesus ♪ 105 00:05:42,243 --> 00:05:45,493 Ah. Man that preacher can sing. 106 00:05:45,577 --> 00:05:47,577 Hmm? 107 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,035 Al Green! 108 00:05:49,118 --> 00:05:51,201 The Reverend. 109 00:05:51,285 --> 00:05:54,160 But this is before that. 110 00:05:54,243 --> 00:05:55,910 Now, this is The Belle Album. 111 00:05:55,994 --> 00:05:58,243 It's considered by many to be the long player 112 00:05:58,326 --> 00:06:02,285 he made as an apology and entreaty to Jesus Christ 113 00:06:02,368 --> 00:06:04,243 for the life of the flesh he had been living 114 00:06:04,326 --> 00:06:05,869 before he joined the ministry. 115 00:06:05,952 --> 00:06:06,952 Is that so? 116 00:06:07,035 --> 00:06:09,160 Indubitably. Hmm. 117 00:06:09,243 --> 00:06:11,493 Just two years earlier, he was scalded 118 00:06:11,577 --> 00:06:13,535 when his girlfriend threw a boiling pot of hot grits 119 00:06:13,618 --> 00:06:16,952 over him in the midst of a fight. 120 00:06:17,035 --> 00:06:20,869 She felt so bad after, that she retreated into the bedroom, 121 00:06:20,952 --> 00:06:23,869 picked up his handgun... his handgun... 122 00:06:23,952 --> 00:06:25,952 and shot herself. 123 00:06:26,035 --> 00:06:27,452 Dead. 124 00:06:27,535 --> 00:06:28,952 Tragic. 125 00:06:29,035 --> 00:06:31,160 Mm. My guess? 126 00:06:31,243 --> 00:06:32,618 Green never forgave himself 127 00:06:32,702 --> 00:06:35,493 for having that pistol in the house. 128 00:06:35,577 --> 00:06:38,160 This bullshit is you telling me you can't get me a gun permit. 129 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:40,811 No, sir! 130 00:06:40,846 --> 00:06:41,869 It is no small thing to do, 131 00:06:41,952 --> 00:06:44,535 but if that's what's necessary, I can make it happen. 132 00:06:44,618 --> 00:06:46,994 No, I tell you the story as a way to communicate 133 00:06:47,076 --> 00:06:49,493 that you shouldn't want a gun permit. 134 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:50,994 I don't want one. I need one. 135 00:06:51,076 --> 00:06:52,618 I'm high profile, I own horses, 136 00:06:52,702 --> 00:06:55,994 I carry cash to and from the track, to the garage and back. 137 00:06:56,076 --> 00:06:59,702 My wife, look, the kid loves jewelry, 138 00:06:59,785 --> 00:07:02,493 I need to know that we can move freely and safely. 139 00:07:02,577 --> 00:07:06,493 Mr. Brogan, do not get a permit to carry a handgun. 140 00:07:06,577 --> 00:07:08,493 You asked for my counsel, that's my counsel. 141 00:07:08,577 --> 00:07:10,201 No. I'm not here for your counsel. 142 00:07:10,285 --> 00:07:11,410 You're supposed to be a power broker now, right? 143 00:07:11,493 --> 00:07:12,792 So broker some power. 144 00:07:12,868 --> 00:07:15,869 Tap your relationship with the Police Commissioner. 145 00:07:15,952 --> 00:07:17,994 Unless, when they canned your ass, you lost all your pull. 146 00:07:18,076 --> 00:07:19,910 - Is that what this is? - Please. 147 00:07:19,994 --> 00:07:21,994 My favor bank is chock-full. 148 00:07:23,118 --> 00:07:26,660 How's this: I happen to have in my possession, 149 00:07:26,744 --> 00:07:28,702 a Park-Anywhere Permit 150 00:07:28,785 --> 00:07:31,994 direct from the Mayor's Office. 151 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:34,952 You can pull right up wherever you're going, nice and safe, 152 00:07:35,035 --> 00:07:36,577 no one will ticket your car. 153 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:39,660 You park on the sidewalk and cops will have to walk around it. 154 00:07:39,744 --> 00:07:41,118 Cops already walk around my car. 155 00:07:41,201 --> 00:07:43,952 I have an ex-cop driving it. 156 00:07:44,035 --> 00:07:46,535 I know a carry permit is almost impossible in New York. 157 00:07:46,618 --> 00:07:48,994 Yes. Toughest in the country. 158 00:07:49,076 --> 00:07:52,035 Only ex-cops and ex-feds gain concealed carry permits 159 00:07:52,118 --> 00:07:55,118 - in New York City... - And guys hooked up on high. 160 00:07:55,201 --> 00:07:56,410 Which is what I figured you were. 161 00:07:56,493 --> 00:07:58,493 But now it's clear, you're not. 162 00:08:04,869 --> 00:08:06,744 Teva's about to announce, you poised, Dollar Bill? 163 00:08:06,827 --> 00:08:08,744 Aye, Captain. 164 00:08:08,827 --> 00:08:11,285 If América Móvil gets whacked, the peso goes with it, Ev... 165 00:08:11,368 --> 00:08:12,869 I'm Everready. 166 00:08:12,952 --> 00:08:15,785 Personal foul on the play: Using your own nickname. 167 00:08:15,869 --> 00:08:18,201 Hey, Rudy, where are you landing on Rio? 168 00:08:18,285 --> 00:08:20,452 I'm seeing weakness in Australian ore, so... 169 00:08:20,653 --> 00:08:22,452 You're the only weakness I'm seeing. 170 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:23,994 Wait, what? 171 00:08:24,076 --> 00:08:25,618 Over in the kitchen before the open you said 172 00:08:25,702 --> 00:08:27,284 they were expanding their rail capacity. 173 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:28,869 - Yeah. - So I thought they must be 174 00:08:28,952 --> 00:08:29,910 expanding their CapEx and would be down for a quarter or two... 175 00:08:29,994 --> 00:08:31,285 That was your mistake: thinking. 176 00:08:31,368 --> 00:08:32,827 Hey, what's the rumpus? 177 00:08:32,910 --> 00:08:35,160 - I was... - Nothing. 178 00:08:35,243 --> 00:08:38,243 I want you two in sync like incestuous ice dancers. 179 00:08:38,326 --> 00:08:40,326 My thong's already riding up my crack, 180 00:08:40,410 --> 00:08:42,076 I don't need you up there too, Axe. 181 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,493 Oh, that's exactly where I am. 182 00:08:43,577 --> 00:08:45,243 That goes for all of you. 183 00:08:45,326 --> 00:08:46,827 So give, Bonnie. 184 00:08:46,910 --> 00:08:48,702 Fine. 185 00:08:48,785 --> 00:08:51,493 They're expecting shipments of 360 million tons. 186 00:08:51,577 --> 00:08:54,243 The information is fucking out there. 187 00:08:59,848 --> 00:09:02,452 Do you know why Ovi scores so much? 188 00:09:02,535 --> 00:09:05,577 'Cause Backstrom shares the puck. 189 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:08,702 Yeah, but when he does, Ovi goes bardown. 190 00:09:08,785 --> 00:09:10,660 This lame loses the puck between his legs, 191 00:09:10,744 --> 00:09:12,869 or airmails it into the goddamn glass. 192 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,910 So I fire him, and he never fucks up again... 193 00:09:14,994 --> 00:09:16,910 - Right, Rudy? - That's right, Axe! 194 00:09:16,994 --> 00:09:18,660 And you signed your non-compete, didn't you? 195 00:09:18,744 --> 00:09:20,285 Of course! 196 00:09:20,368 --> 00:09:21,577 Good. 197 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:24,493 Rudy, you're fired. 198 00:09:28,994 --> 00:09:30,577 For, 199 00:09:30,660 --> 00:09:32,452 for misreading Bonnie's information? 200 00:09:32,535 --> 00:09:36,118 That and for fraternizing. 201 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:38,744 With our sworn fucking enemies. 202 00:09:38,827 --> 00:09:40,910 Taylor Mason Capital picnic? 203 00:09:40,994 --> 00:09:43,076 I accepted that invitation a long time ago... 204 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,952 before. 205 00:09:45,035 --> 00:09:47,660 - No one talked shop... - Everyone else here declined. 206 00:09:47,744 --> 00:09:50,076 Or didn't even fucking respond. 207 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,827 Public execution. 208 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:53,201 Power move. 209 00:09:53,285 --> 00:09:55,076 Whose bits aren't hard, huh? 210 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,410 Gross. 211 00:09:56,493 --> 00:09:58,785 This is a new day for Axe Cap, 212 00:09:58,869 --> 00:10:01,410 so we will all share our information 213 00:10:01,493 --> 00:10:03,160 or we won't be a part of it. 214 00:10:03,243 --> 00:10:05,076 Get with it, or get fucked, people. 215 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,410 - So you're firing me too? - No, he fired you. 216 00:10:07,493 --> 00:10:10,035 I'm seconding it. 217 00:10:10,118 --> 00:10:11,869 Go. 218 00:10:14,952 --> 00:10:17,577 We now live in a universe split down the middle. 219 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:19,702 You got to pick sides. 220 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:22,160 If you're not on mine, you're gone. 221 00:10:22,243 --> 00:10:24,952 That was bracing. 222 00:10:25,035 --> 00:10:27,118 I'm headed off to the land of milk and honey. 223 00:10:27,201 --> 00:10:28,577 Or their embassy, at least. 224 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:30,035 You sure you don't want to come along 225 00:10:30,118 --> 00:10:31,326 and help me deal with the sovereign wealth fund? 226 00:10:31,410 --> 00:10:33,285 This is my sovereign wealth fund. 227 00:10:33,368 --> 00:10:35,577 You really sure you want me to deal with the royals? 228 00:10:35,660 --> 00:10:38,368 Competition is probably sending their top dog. 229 00:10:38,452 --> 00:10:41,118 Oh, believe me, they're not sitting down with Taylor. 230 00:10:41,201 --> 00:10:43,035 They would never see someone like them. 231 00:10:43,118 --> 00:10:45,410 And the sovereign money is pledged to us already. 232 00:10:45,493 --> 00:10:46,535 This is just about setting terms. 233 00:10:46,618 --> 00:10:47,994 But that's the hard part. 234 00:10:48,076 --> 00:10:49,535 Nobody's paying full freight anymore. 235 00:10:49,618 --> 00:10:51,660 Wags, it's bad enough that we had to go 2 and 20. 236 00:10:51,744 --> 00:10:53,452 We gotta make our stand there. 237 00:10:53,535 --> 00:10:55,368 We might as well be running a mutual fund. 238 00:10:55,452 --> 00:10:58,785 You go deliver this message and get us our terms. 239 00:10:58,869 --> 00:11:01,452 - Jawohl, kommandant. - And cut that shit out. 240 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:04,285 Whatever you say, amigo. 241 00:11:04,368 --> 00:11:07,243 I, Bryan James Flynn Connerty, do solemnly swear... 242 00:11:07,326 --> 00:11:08,994 That I will support and defend 243 00:11:09,076 --> 00:11:11,577 the Constitution of the United States... 244 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:13,035 ...that I will support and defend 245 00:11:13,118 --> 00:11:15,118 the Constitution of the United States... 246 00:11:15,201 --> 00:11:18,076 ...against all enemies, foreign and domestic. 247 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,994 ...against all enemies foreign and domestic. 248 00:11:21,076 --> 00:11:23,994 Our boy looks good up there, doesn't he? 249 00:11:24,076 --> 00:11:26,535 Like he was born to it. 250 00:11:26,618 --> 00:11:30,410 No one's born to it, Ms. Sacker, not even you. 251 00:11:30,493 --> 00:11:32,285 He had to kill for it. 252 00:11:32,368 --> 00:11:34,869 It's what makes it worth something. 253 00:11:34,952 --> 00:11:38,201 As you will likely find out one day... 254 00:11:38,285 --> 00:11:39,727 So help me God. 255 00:11:39,910 --> 00:11:41,577 So help me God. 256 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:43,577 - Congratulations. - Thank you, Your Honor. 257 00:11:53,994 --> 00:11:55,952 Thank you so much, Your Honor. Thank you. 258 00:11:58,493 --> 00:11:59,910 You finally made it. 259 00:11:59,994 --> 00:12:02,035 Yeah. Long time coming. 260 00:12:02,118 --> 00:12:03,535 First order of business? 261 00:12:03,618 --> 00:12:06,326 Something I've been giving a lot of thought to. 262 00:12:06,410 --> 00:12:09,326 - I want to go after... - Mr. U.S. Attorney, 263 00:12:10,487 --> 00:12:14,076 I would love to borrow you for a New York minute. 264 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,035 Mr. Attorney General. I just want to say thank... 265 00:12:16,118 --> 00:12:18,243 Yeah, faith bestowed. New beginnings. 266 00:12:18,326 --> 00:12:21,076 Debts of gratitude. Fresh opportunities. 267 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,577 All those wonderful things. 268 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:25,535 Let's just consider that covered, shall we? 269 00:12:25,618 --> 00:12:27,827 - Okay. - Move on to sloppy inheritances. 270 00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:30,035 Cleaning up messes that came before. 271 00:12:30,652 --> 00:12:31,904 We're talking about Chuck? 272 00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:33,118 We are. 273 00:12:33,201 --> 00:12:36,076 We get one chance to firewall ourself off from his tenure, 274 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,410 and this is how we're gonna do it... 275 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,326 You can't get Brogan a gun permit? 276 00:12:47,410 --> 00:12:49,326 Pathetic. 277 00:12:49,410 --> 00:12:51,118 Uh, we live in New York City, Dad, not Beaumont, Texas. 278 00:12:51,201 --> 00:12:52,785 Gun permits are quite hard to come by. 279 00:12:52,869 --> 00:12:55,535 I sent that man in to you because he is important 280 00:12:55,618 --> 00:12:57,285 in the very city in which we live. 281 00:12:57,368 --> 00:12:58,577 And state. 282 00:12:58,660 --> 00:13:01,368 With all the benefactors you will need. 283 00:13:01,452 --> 00:13:04,368 - You sent him to me? Hmm? - Who the fuck else? 284 00:13:04,452 --> 00:13:06,118 You need to go on the offensive. 285 00:13:06,201 --> 00:13:10,410 Because everyone else is lining up against you. 286 00:13:10,493 --> 00:13:12,660 Tell him, Ira. 287 00:13:12,744 --> 00:13:15,201 - Hello, buddy. - Your father is correct. 288 00:13:15,285 --> 00:13:17,910 Most of your major cases are being put under review by SDNY, 289 00:13:17,994 --> 00:13:20,660 by Connerty, for any kind of wrongdoing. 290 00:13:20,744 --> 00:13:23,535 Oh, those fuckers. 291 00:13:25,493 --> 00:13:27,410 All my good work undone. Hmm? 292 00:13:27,493 --> 00:13:29,410 Legacy trashed. 293 00:13:29,493 --> 00:13:32,410 All my accomplishments wiped out as though I were never there. 294 00:13:32,493 --> 00:13:34,410 Yeah, that'll happen. But it's worse than that. 295 00:13:34,493 --> 00:13:35,577 They're digging for misconduct, 296 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:36,952 wrongful prosecutions, 297 00:13:37,035 --> 00:13:38,910 politically motivated decision-making, 298 00:13:38,994 --> 00:13:40,160 conflict of interest... 299 00:13:40,243 --> 00:13:41,869 They'll try to abandon convictions. 300 00:13:41,952 --> 00:13:43,618 - Your name will be ruined. - His name?! 301 00:13:43,702 --> 00:13:45,326 That's my name he's wearing. 302 00:13:45,410 --> 00:13:47,285 And it will not be besmirched. 303 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:51,118 - I don't think we can stop... - Oyez, oyez, Sonny! 304 00:13:51,201 --> 00:13:53,618 They are trying to hang you from the yardarm. 305 00:13:53,702 --> 00:13:55,827 And you have not claimed the high ground 306 00:13:55,910 --> 00:13:57,410 from where you can repel the siege. 307 00:13:57,493 --> 00:13:59,660 If you were in a position of influence, 308 00:13:59,744 --> 00:14:01,452 - if you had a power base... - Yes. 309 00:14:01,535 --> 00:14:05,201 Then you could take vengeance on them, on Connerty and... 310 00:14:05,285 --> 00:14:06,827 Jeffcoat and the rest, 311 00:14:06,910 --> 00:14:09,076 make them defend instead of attack. 312 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,994 All I want is vengeance, and it will be had. 313 00:14:14,076 --> 00:14:15,695 And we all know what I need to do it. 314 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:17,285 A perch. 315 00:14:17,368 --> 00:14:19,660 And Epstein's vacated New York Attorney General's seat 316 00:14:19,744 --> 00:14:20,994 is there for me. 317 00:14:21,076 --> 00:14:22,285 And maybe I could win it. 318 00:14:22,368 --> 00:14:23,660 But the moment I poke my head up, 319 00:14:23,744 --> 00:14:25,243 Jack Foley will come after me. 320 00:14:25,326 --> 00:14:27,368 Release what he has on me. 321 00:14:27,452 --> 00:14:29,035 Or threaten to, 322 00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:32,118 as I'm no longer in a position to prosecute him. 323 00:14:32,201 --> 00:14:34,952 I would slap your face and tell you to act like a man 324 00:14:35,035 --> 00:14:37,869 if I didn't think it'd turn you on. 325 00:14:37,952 --> 00:14:39,869 It wouldn't, Dad. 326 00:14:39,952 --> 00:14:41,869 Not from you. Not how it works. 327 00:14:41,952 --> 00:14:43,744 Good lord. 328 00:14:43,827 --> 00:14:45,493 Well, regardless. 329 00:14:45,577 --> 00:14:48,076 We could give what you have to a sympathetic prosecutor. 330 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,076 Or at the right time, I will take care of Foley. 331 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,160 But you get yourself in goddamn position. 332 00:14:55,243 --> 00:14:58,118 Get off your ass and rebuild your influence. 333 00:14:58,201 --> 00:14:59,827 Because you're gonna need it. 334 00:14:59,910 --> 00:15:02,452 Start by getting that goddamn gun permit. 335 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:06,994 - I don't think I can, Dad. - You can and you will. 336 00:15:07,076 --> 00:15:10,744 The very difficulty of it 337 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:12,869 is why you must. 338 00:15:15,702 --> 00:15:18,118 Make the rounds, Sonny. 339 00:15:18,201 --> 00:15:21,118 Like Billy Phelan did in his city. 340 00:15:21,201 --> 00:15:23,660 You know exactly where all the people are who can help you. 341 00:15:23,744 --> 00:15:25,702 Use them 342 00:15:25,785 --> 00:15:30,076 the way a bathhouse piano player used poppers 343 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,952 to give you that electric shock of power 344 00:15:34,035 --> 00:15:36,910 just when you need it most. 345 00:15:36,994 --> 00:15:40,285 Charles, thinking about your past, 346 00:15:40,368 --> 00:15:42,785 really freaks me out. 347 00:15:42,869 --> 00:15:46,201 What a glorious thing it was. 348 00:15:55,446 --> 00:15:56,303 _ 349 00:15:56,304 --> 00:15:57,035 What I remember. 350 00:15:57,118 --> 00:15:58,744 What made me want to sit with you is: 351 00:15:58,827 --> 00:15:59,952 you weren't afraid to lead with your heart 352 00:16:00,035 --> 00:16:02,285 while absolutely smashing your book. 353 00:16:02,368 --> 00:16:04,201 I'm here because of what I remember: 354 00:16:04,285 --> 00:16:07,869 that you were the smartest person I ever worked with. 355 00:16:07,952 --> 00:16:10,869 But then I almost didn't come in today. 356 00:16:10,952 --> 00:16:14,035 Look, I get we're in a game that requires us to win 357 00:16:14,118 --> 00:16:15,910 and that means we have to shut our minds 358 00:16:15,994 --> 00:16:17,952 to the fact that other professionals will lose... 359 00:16:18,035 --> 00:16:19,535 And you're fine with that as long as the loser 360 00:16:19,618 --> 00:16:22,326 is on par with you, but when, say it's a... 361 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:25,076 Yeah. I got tired of beating up on the defenseless. 362 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,535 Like we taught 'em at Annapolis: 363 00:16:26,618 --> 00:16:28,118 it's better than being the defenseless. 364 00:16:28,201 --> 00:16:30,535 That's true. And I love that, actually. 365 00:16:30,618 --> 00:16:33,076 But there are things they were comfortable with at Axe Cap 366 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,577 that we will never do here. 367 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,535 I made sure of that before I signed on. 368 00:16:36,618 --> 00:16:39,577 It's a big part of why I asked Sara to become COO. 369 00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:42,577 Her reputation, first as Chief of Staff for the Supe, 370 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:45,827 - then in Silicon Valley... - Taylor, you led the charge 371 00:16:45,910 --> 00:16:48,326 on how to wring cash from Sandicot. 372 00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:51,201 Yes. That's true. 373 00:16:51,285 --> 00:16:53,827 Because that's what Axe Cap does to a person. 374 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:55,368 Don't I know it. 375 00:16:55,452 --> 00:16:57,577 Axe and Wags, even Wendy, 376 00:16:57,660 --> 00:16:59,368 are like the United Citizen Federation. 377 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,535 They turned us all into Starship Troopers, 378 00:17:01,618 --> 00:17:04,452 sent us to Klendathu and some of us got our brains eaten. 379 00:17:04,535 --> 00:17:06,994 And it wasn't until the end of our time in that we realized: 380 00:17:07,076 --> 00:17:08,952 we were the bad guys all along. 381 00:17:12,702 --> 00:17:14,785 It's not like that here. 382 00:17:14,869 --> 00:17:17,243 We will do it the right way this time, man. 383 00:17:17,326 --> 00:17:19,368 You know how loyal I was to Axe. 384 00:17:19,452 --> 00:17:21,160 This is why I left him to come here. 385 00:17:21,243 --> 00:17:23,618 And why you should be here, too. 386 00:17:23,702 --> 00:17:25,201 If I signed on, 387 00:17:25,285 --> 00:17:27,285 when would you be looking for me to start? 388 00:17:27,368 --> 00:17:30,160 We need folks right fucking now. We're desperate. 389 00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:35,827 Next week or two. 390 00:17:44,779 --> 00:17:46,774 - Mafee. - I know. 391 00:17:46,809 --> 00:17:48,994 Never let anyone outside of the family know what you're thinking. 392 00:17:49,076 --> 00:17:50,869 It's not enough to quote it. 393 00:17:50,952 --> 00:17:53,618 You need to live it. 394 00:17:53,702 --> 00:17:56,827 Why didn't Danzig commit in the room? 395 00:17:56,910 --> 00:18:01,035 Maybe going forward, be a little less scary? 396 00:18:01,118 --> 00:18:02,535 I thought I was inviting. 397 00:18:02,618 --> 00:18:03,827 I'm scary? 398 00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:04,869 - Yes. - Yes. 399 00:18:04,952 --> 00:18:07,410 Fucking wimps. 400 00:18:07,493 --> 00:18:09,910 Why is Mick Danzig the best candidate that we've seen? 401 00:18:09,994 --> 00:18:11,452 Where are the applied math wizards, 402 00:18:11,535 --> 00:18:12,869 the financial engineers? 403 00:18:12,952 --> 00:18:14,493 Do I have to go to an MIT job fair? 404 00:18:14,577 --> 00:18:16,076 I'm trying. 405 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,785 Wall Street's had some of the luster knocked off... 406 00:18:17,869 --> 00:18:20,035 So buff it back up and close Danzig. 407 00:18:20,118 --> 00:18:22,410 Then find me people with no fear. 408 00:18:22,493 --> 00:18:24,452 Like Sara. 409 00:18:29,702 --> 00:18:31,869 It's time for you to suit up for the meeting. 410 00:18:34,368 --> 00:18:36,201 I'll step out, let you put it on. 411 00:18:36,285 --> 00:18:38,035 I find that I don't want to. 412 00:18:40,371 --> 00:18:42,152 It's wrong that I have to. 413 00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:45,285 Yeah. It is. 414 00:18:45,368 --> 00:18:47,910 When you poached me, you said: whatever it takes. 415 00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:50,660 You said it was my job to remind you of that, 416 00:18:50,744 --> 00:18:54,285 so strap it the fuck on. 417 00:19:08,005 --> 00:19:09,118 About personnel. 418 00:19:09,201 --> 00:19:11,952 We've succeeded in keeping the best applicants away. 419 00:19:16,627 --> 00:19:17,660 I took care of the head hunter. 420 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,702 It's frustrating Taylor. 421 00:19:22,785 --> 00:19:25,285 But they did bring in Mick Danzig. 422 00:19:25,368 --> 00:19:27,702 - Want to hire him. - Well, scoop him up. 423 00:19:27,785 --> 00:19:28,952 Overpay him. 424 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:30,785 You want Danzig that much? 425 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:35,285 What I want that much is for Taylor to have nothing. 426 00:19:35,368 --> 00:19:37,076 With that fucking Russki backing them, 427 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,368 my options are limited. 428 00:19:39,452 --> 00:19:42,577 So these guys are gonna be a permanent fixture? 429 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:44,785 Till I find a way to get Grigor out of here. 430 00:19:49,535 --> 00:19:52,744 Mr. Wagner, no one enjoys your company more than I do... 431 00:19:52,827 --> 00:19:55,076 Oh. I can supply you with the names of a couple gals 432 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,535 who might give you a run for your money on that. 433 00:19:56,618 --> 00:19:58,118 But I appreciate the sentiment... 434 00:19:58,201 --> 00:19:59,618 However, the Sheik would prefer, 435 00:19:59,702 --> 00:20:00,910 and frankly is in the habit, 436 00:20:00,994 --> 00:20:02,535 of sitting with the decision maker. 437 00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:03,952 With Mr. Axelrod. 438 00:20:04,035 --> 00:20:05,830 Think of me as that decision maker. 439 00:20:05,865 --> 00:20:06,952 I speak for him. 440 00:20:07,035 --> 00:20:09,020 Regardless, the Sheik will not see the value 441 00:20:09,055 --> 00:20:09,910 in paying above market. 442 00:20:09,994 --> 00:20:11,785 - 2 and 20 is standard. - Was standard. 443 00:20:11,869 --> 00:20:13,744 Not for an investment the size of ours. 444 00:20:13,827 --> 00:20:16,243 It doesn't matter if it's as swole as Dirk Diggler 445 00:20:16,326 --> 00:20:17,660 on his first night with Rollergirl. 446 00:20:17,744 --> 00:20:19,744 This is one of those rare cases 447 00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:21,744 where size doesn't actually matter. 448 00:20:22,538 --> 00:20:25,076 You know how the price of admission for women into your fine country 449 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,952 is that they cover their tatas and donut? 450 00:20:27,035 --> 00:20:29,160 Well, our version of that is 2 and 20. 451 00:20:29,243 --> 00:20:31,326 We won't stone you if you refuse, 452 00:20:31,410 --> 00:20:33,744 but we will kick you out of our fund. 453 00:20:33,827 --> 00:20:35,827 Are you comparing your fee structure, 454 00:20:35,910 --> 00:20:38,827 by way of several vulgarisms, 455 00:20:38,910 --> 00:20:40,660 to our religion? 456 00:20:40,744 --> 00:20:43,368 To Bobby Axelrod, fees are religion and money is his God. 457 00:20:43,452 --> 00:20:45,827 This makes him the perfect shepherd for you 458 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:47,243 in the material world. 459 00:20:47,326 --> 00:20:49,201 And at least when you pray to his God, 460 00:20:49,285 --> 00:20:50,869 you get another fucking Bentley out of it. 461 00:20:50,952 --> 00:20:54,014 Look, we both know in seven to 20 years 462 00:20:54,049 --> 00:20:54,827 when everything runs electric 463 00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:56,577 you'll all be back to herding goats over there, 464 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:59,201 so you might want to get me in front of your boss... 465 00:20:59,285 --> 00:21:02,785 Sadly, that will never happen if 2 and 20 is your sticking point. 466 00:21:02,869 --> 00:21:04,827 - Now, if you're willing to c... - Don't even fucking think 467 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:06,452 of dictating the fees, Farhad. 468 00:21:06,535 --> 00:21:08,326 This is getting heated, 469 00:21:08,410 --> 00:21:11,493 which, between friends, is not right. 470 00:21:11,577 --> 00:21:15,201 Now, let's all cool off, pick this up tomorrow. 471 00:21:15,285 --> 00:21:17,035 In the meanwhile, I am hopeful that 472 00:21:17,118 --> 00:21:19,118 in the spirit of friendship, 473 00:21:19,201 --> 00:21:21,035 our nighttime plans remain on. 474 00:21:21,893 --> 00:21:24,035 On like Chaka Khan... 475 00:21:24,118 --> 00:21:26,618 ♪ Chaka Khan. Chaka Khan. ♪ 476 00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,702 ♪ Chaka Khan, let me rock ya, let me rock ya, Chaka Khan. ♪ 477 00:21:28,785 --> 00:21:30,535 ♪ Let me rock ya, that's all I wanna do. ♪ 478 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:53,910 Taylor fucking Mason... 479 00:21:54,629 --> 00:21:55,869 I'm telling you. 480 00:21:56,587 --> 00:21:57,995 But gorgeous. 481 00:21:58,030 --> 00:22:00,339 Like Kate Jackson hot. 482 00:22:00,374 --> 00:22:02,160 - You sure? - Pretty fucking sure. 483 00:22:02,243 --> 00:22:04,076 I looked right into her... their eyes. 484 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,368 It'd be something of a necessity 485 00:22:05,452 --> 00:22:07,368 dealing with a sovereign wealth fund. 486 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:09,910 Taylor Mason, willing to compromise 487 00:22:09,994 --> 00:22:13,160 their steely fucking principles to get the loot. 488 00:22:13,243 --> 00:22:16,326 Well, I admire it. But I'm gonna stop it. 489 00:22:16,410 --> 00:22:18,035 This could only be the introductory meeting. 490 00:22:18,118 --> 00:22:19,577 No fucking way they got to the Sheik in the first round. 491 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:21,702 We can never let Taylor get to the Sheik. 492 00:22:21,737 --> 00:22:23,243 Easy, big fella. 493 00:22:23,326 --> 00:22:27,118 They're in my head all the time. 494 00:22:27,201 --> 00:22:28,952 First I miss the coup. 495 00:22:29,035 --> 00:22:31,452 Then the leader of the coup thinks they're sneaking in here 496 00:22:31,535 --> 00:22:34,076 and taking the sovereign funds meant for me. 497 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,910 How you doing with the sovereign? 498 00:22:35,994 --> 00:22:37,660 Maybe we should scoop up everything 499 00:22:37,744 --> 00:22:41,035 they're looking to invest, shut out Mason Capital. 500 00:22:41,118 --> 00:22:42,326 Yeah. 501 00:22:42,410 --> 00:22:44,477 That's your final term. 502 00:22:44,512 --> 00:22:45,910 No Taylor. 503 00:22:45,994 --> 00:22:47,243 I haven't closed yet. 504 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:51,326 They didn't react well to the idea of us keeping to our fee level. 505 00:22:51,410 --> 00:22:52,869 But we're going clubbing tonight, 506 00:22:52,952 --> 00:22:54,952 which you know is my métier. 507 00:22:55,035 --> 00:22:57,577 So we'll see what I can do. I'm heading out. 508 00:22:57,660 --> 00:23:00,577 I'm gonna trade out this funeral attire for... 509 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:03,285 The all black uniform of the middle-aged warrior? 510 00:23:03,368 --> 00:23:05,285 - Exactly. - I'll stand by. 511 00:23:05,368 --> 00:23:06,493 Call me when you need reinforcements. 512 00:23:06,577 --> 00:23:08,452 Call me when it's over. 513 00:23:08,535 --> 00:23:10,535 Just fucking call me. 514 00:23:10,618 --> 00:23:13,201 Copy, fratello mio. 515 00:23:25,452 --> 00:23:27,910 You ever just not want a day to start? 516 00:23:27,994 --> 00:23:30,618 No. 517 00:23:30,702 --> 00:23:33,201 And neither do you. 518 00:23:33,285 --> 00:23:36,035 Maybe I'm going about this wrong. 519 00:23:36,118 --> 00:23:38,285 Oliver Dake is teaching law... 520 00:23:38,368 --> 00:23:41,243 You are not Oliver fucking Dake. And you don't want to be. 521 00:23:41,326 --> 00:23:44,368 If word gets out that you can't get a VIP a gun permit, 522 00:23:44,452 --> 00:23:45,785 no matter how hard it is to do, 523 00:23:45,869 --> 00:23:47,201 the story will be 'Chuck Rhoades is over.' 524 00:23:47,285 --> 00:23:48,744 Then, sure, go teach. 525 00:23:50,049 --> 00:23:51,368 Right in the breadbasket. 526 00:23:51,452 --> 00:23:53,452 You know how to do this. 527 00:23:53,535 --> 00:23:55,285 Like a honeybee, 528 00:23:55,368 --> 00:23:58,326 take what you pick up here, 529 00:23:58,410 --> 00:24:01,785 you drop it there, 530 00:24:01,869 --> 00:24:03,994 just make sure at the end of the day, 531 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:07,035 you're the one who ends up with all the nectar. 532 00:24:07,118 --> 00:24:11,035 Check in with me later. I'm ready to help. 533 00:24:28,952 --> 00:24:30,994 The kid's got... H-He's lights out, okay? 534 00:24:31,076 --> 00:24:33,910 He's got a 12-6 curveball, boom, drops right off the table. 535 00:24:33,994 --> 00:24:35,744 They're gonna protest, Chief. 536 00:24:35,827 --> 00:24:37,368 Gotta go with him, he's our best chance to win. 537 00:24:37,452 --> 00:24:38,869 He's too old. 538 00:24:38,952 --> 00:24:41,285 They're not gonna let our kid on the mound... 539 00:24:41,368 --> 00:24:43,118 Commissioner Sansome, 540 00:24:43,201 --> 00:24:45,746 imagine seeing you here this fine morning. 541 00:24:45,781 --> 00:24:47,753 Former U.S. Attorney Rhoades. 542 00:24:48,326 --> 00:24:50,660 Everyone knows this is my breakfast spot. 543 00:24:50,744 --> 00:24:53,076 If they missed the profile in New York Magazine, 544 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,827 they couldn't miss my detail out front. 545 00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:56,952 Sure. 546 00:24:57,035 --> 00:25:00,035 Listen, uh, when you're done, I wonder if I could trouble you 547 00:25:00,118 --> 00:25:02,326 on the small matter of a carry permit 548 00:25:02,410 --> 00:25:04,285 - for a client of mine. - Chuck... 549 00:25:04,368 --> 00:25:07,285 you weren't a real lawman back when you were a lawman. 550 00:25:07,368 --> 00:25:10,076 I'm gonna fucking do for you now? 551 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,452 Well, perhaps I could do for you. 552 00:25:12,535 --> 00:25:13,910 There must be something that I... 553 00:25:14,035 --> 00:25:16,660 What you're asking for is a key to the city, 554 00:25:16,744 --> 00:25:19,368 and I'm not gonna hand it to you. 555 00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:21,243 Now, will you excuse us? 556 00:25:32,994 --> 00:25:36,368 You want a table, Mr. Rhoades? 557 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:40,076 Save your fine sable for someone whose fortunes warrant it. 558 00:25:46,994 --> 00:25:49,493 Wendy, I know what Commissioner Sansome needs. 559 00:25:49,577 --> 00:25:51,326 Won't be easy to get. 560 00:25:51,410 --> 00:25:55,076 Gonna have to pay Peter to pay Paul to pay George, 561 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,118 Ringo and probably John, too. 562 00:25:57,201 --> 00:25:58,869 But at least I have a road map. 563 00:25:58,952 --> 00:26:00,035 First stop? 564 00:26:00,118 --> 00:26:01,660 E.A.T. 565 00:26:01,744 --> 00:26:04,118 To see Eisen. Of course. 566 00:26:04,201 --> 00:26:05,285 Not like him. 567 00:26:05,368 --> 00:26:06,952 No. 568 00:26:07,035 --> 00:26:09,035 The night work never keeps him from the morning work... 569 00:26:09,118 --> 00:26:12,160 I'm gonna call him. Again. 570 00:26:14,493 --> 00:26:16,660 Wags, this is the seventh time I've tried you. 571 00:26:16,744 --> 00:26:18,118 Where the fuck are you at? 572 00:26:18,201 --> 00:26:20,118 Will you wake the fuck up and call me? 573 00:26:22,952 --> 00:26:25,785 Really not like him. Let's go wake his ass up. 574 00:26:49,035 --> 00:26:51,452 Mr. Eisen, sir. 575 00:26:51,535 --> 00:26:54,160 I might have a coffee with you, if invited. 576 00:26:56,410 --> 00:26:57,869 Thank you. 577 00:27:01,431 --> 00:27:04,160 What in this world do you need? 578 00:27:04,243 --> 00:27:05,869 Balls the size of Jupiter 579 00:27:05,952 --> 00:27:08,201 and a tight wet slot to jam 'em into. 580 00:27:09,606 --> 00:27:12,160 The usual. But, uh, out of my purview. 581 00:27:12,243 --> 00:27:14,493 No, really: what do you need? 582 00:27:14,577 --> 00:27:15,994 What the fuck is this? 583 00:27:16,076 --> 00:27:17,804 Who sits down with that bullshit? 584 00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:20,410 - Fuck you. - Sure. 585 00:27:20,493 --> 00:27:22,827 It's the old joke about the congressman, right? 586 00:27:23,749 --> 00:27:25,076 Young girl from his district comes up to him. 587 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,452 Says she wants to drop to her knees, 588 00:27:26,535 --> 00:27:27,994 take care of his business, 589 00:27:28,076 --> 00:27:30,493 and bring him a fresh made martini after. 590 00:27:30,577 --> 00:27:31,994 Politician looks at her and says: 591 00:27:32,076 --> 00:27:34,410 Hmm, what's in it for me? 592 00:27:36,577 --> 00:27:38,243 No, really. Fuck you. 593 00:27:38,326 --> 00:27:39,994 When you were U.S. Attorney, 594 00:27:40,076 --> 00:27:41,368 there were plenty of favors I could have used. 595 00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:43,035 Where were you then? 596 00:27:43,118 --> 00:27:45,243 That's what this morning brings: Me changing that. 597 00:27:45,326 --> 00:27:46,452 Look, I could beat about the bush. 598 00:27:46,535 --> 00:27:47,785 But who's that serving? 599 00:27:47,869 --> 00:27:49,577 I may not still be U.S. Attorney... 600 00:27:49,660 --> 00:27:52,208 still plenty wired in this town. 601 00:27:52,243 --> 00:27:53,660 Try me out. 602 00:27:53,744 --> 00:27:56,076 Let me flip it first, so I know what I'm setting myself up for. 603 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,785 What do you fucking need? 604 00:27:57,869 --> 00:28:00,618 An introduction to Ambassador Suarez. 605 00:28:00,702 --> 00:28:02,201 I hear you're close to him. 606 00:28:02,285 --> 00:28:04,243 Yeah. 607 00:28:05,623 --> 00:28:07,702 Uh, look. I'm not a transactional man by nature... 608 00:28:07,785 --> 00:28:09,243 No. Sure. Of course. Absolutely. 609 00:28:09,326 --> 00:28:10,827 But this isn't... 610 00:28:10,910 --> 00:28:13,035 I could intro you, 611 00:28:13,118 --> 00:28:14,660 - but not right now. - Mm. 612 00:28:14,744 --> 00:28:16,201 With all the shit going on with his stepson, 613 00:28:16,285 --> 00:28:18,452 the Ambassador isn't interested in meeting people 614 00:28:18,535 --> 00:28:19,869 who are looking for favors. 615 00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:22,035 If I put you with him, 616 00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:25,869 then, yeah, I'd have to get something in return. 617 00:28:25,952 --> 00:28:29,577 Okay, then let me suggest a favor I can do for you, 618 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:31,577 since you won't volunteer one. 619 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:34,702 I have a Park-Anywhere Permit. 620 00:28:35,563 --> 00:28:36,577 Say the word, and it's yours. 621 00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:37,910 I've got a Mayor's Office Pass. 622 00:28:37,994 --> 00:28:39,577 Had one since Bloomberg's first term. 623 00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:40,994 Thanks anyway. 624 00:28:41,076 --> 00:28:44,493 Well, there must be something that would make it worthwhile. 625 00:28:44,577 --> 00:28:46,577 Ahhh, there's one thing, 626 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:48,744 but really not in your, uh, "purview." 627 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:50,535 Try me. 628 00:28:50,618 --> 00:28:52,160 I need tickets 629 00:28:52,243 --> 00:28:54,326 to the Central Synagogue children's Hanukkah service. 630 00:28:54,410 --> 00:28:56,035 Done. How many? 631 00:28:56,118 --> 00:28:57,827 In the main room. Not in the overflow. 632 00:28:57,910 --> 00:28:59,660 I want to sit with my daughter, 633 00:28:59,744 --> 00:29:00,869 but my ex's brother is the president of the board. 634 00:29:00,952 --> 00:29:02,577 He's keeping me out. 635 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:05,326 You get that done for me, 636 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,076 and I'll put you with the Ambassador. 637 00:29:08,321 --> 00:29:09,285 Lemme work. 638 00:29:27,952 --> 00:29:29,660 Say hello to everyone. 639 00:29:29,744 --> 00:29:31,118 - Yeah. - Whoa, whoa! 640 00:29:31,201 --> 00:29:33,535 The most vaunted Donny left in the city. 641 00:29:33,618 --> 00:29:35,994 Very funny, Chuck. Uh, you know Kenny D., right? 642 00:29:36,076 --> 00:29:38,577 Oh, yes. Well, anyone who flies knows that Mr. Dichter 643 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:41,035 can change the tenor of your trip in a moment's. 644 00:29:41,118 --> 00:29:42,702 Fleet is always available for you, Chuck. 645 00:29:42,785 --> 00:29:43,994 - Nice to see you. - Call me. 646 00:29:44,076 --> 00:29:45,452 Yes. 647 00:29:45,535 --> 00:29:47,577 What's up, Chuck? 648 00:29:49,702 --> 00:29:52,368 Well, I find myself in need 649 00:29:52,452 --> 00:29:55,285 of the proverbial lifetime pass to the Polo Grounds. 650 00:29:55,368 --> 00:29:57,994 And I'm prepared to give you Cleopatra on a plate for it. 651 00:29:58,076 --> 00:29:59,577 I need your ducats 652 00:29:59,660 --> 00:30:02,118 to the children's Hanukkah service at Central. 653 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,827 Main room, not overflow. 654 00:30:03,910 --> 00:30:05,869 Um, you're gonna be out of town, yeah? 655 00:30:05,952 --> 00:30:08,118 I'm gonna be skiing, but do you have any idea 656 00:30:08,201 --> 00:30:09,952 what I can get for those tickets, man? 657 00:30:10,035 --> 00:30:13,285 How about for a Park-Anywhere Permit? 658 00:30:13,368 --> 00:30:15,035 Got one right here and it's yours. 659 00:30:15,118 --> 00:30:19,660 Already got one for each of my cars. 660 00:30:19,744 --> 00:30:24,201 Well, uh, there must be something you need. 661 00:30:24,285 --> 00:30:26,118 First tracks, Deer Valley. 662 00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:27,869 Now, that's private access to the mountain, 663 00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:29,577 - half hour before it opens... - Mm-hmm. 664 00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:31,869 - ...ultimate, ultimate privilege. - Mm. 665 00:30:31,952 --> 00:30:33,452 There's only five, and they're all gone. 666 00:30:33,535 --> 00:30:34,785 How many days do you need? 667 00:30:34,869 --> 00:30:38,577 Days? Entire season. 668 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:40,785 I get you that... 669 00:30:40,869 --> 00:30:43,577 You got your tickets. 670 00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:45,952 Lemme work... 671 00:30:54,785 --> 00:30:56,827 So now, you show up in person. 672 00:30:56,910 --> 00:30:59,035 Good to see you, Mr. Axelrod. 673 00:30:59,118 --> 00:31:01,869 Farhad. 674 00:31:01,952 --> 00:31:05,702 Where's my man, where's Wags? 675 00:31:06,694 --> 00:31:07,493 You don't know? 676 00:31:07,577 --> 00:31:09,326 I wouldn't be standing here if I did. 677 00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:13,326 What happened last night? 678 00:31:19,368 --> 00:31:21,869 The party continued back here to the lounge on the roof. 679 00:31:21,952 --> 00:31:23,994 Unfortunately, the Sheik was occupied 680 00:31:24,076 --> 00:31:25,577 and they didn't get to speak. 681 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:27,493 I retired after 3:00. 682 00:31:27,577 --> 00:31:29,785 I'm not sure when Mr. Wagner left. 683 00:31:29,869 --> 00:31:32,243 Perhaps he overindulged? 684 00:31:32,326 --> 00:31:34,452 I want to see for myself. 685 00:31:35,734 --> 00:31:36,993 All right. 686 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,952 He says the party ended around 4:30 687 00:31:53,035 --> 00:31:54,618 and the remaining guests left. 688 00:31:54,702 --> 00:31:56,326 Left this area or the building? 689 00:32:03,535 --> 00:32:05,201 He's not sure. 690 00:32:05,285 --> 00:32:06,702 He stayed here and they left. 691 00:32:06,785 --> 00:32:07,994 The women. And Mr. Wagner. 692 00:32:08,076 --> 00:32:09,702 He assumed they exited. 693 00:32:09,785 --> 00:32:11,535 Are there any overnight quarters here? 694 00:32:11,618 --> 00:32:14,869 No. What makes you think he's here? 695 00:32:14,952 --> 00:32:17,285 His cell pinged here as his last location. 696 00:32:20,452 --> 00:32:22,535 This is Mr. Wagner's. He dropped it. 697 00:32:22,618 --> 00:32:24,535 He'll want it back when you find him. 698 00:32:24,618 --> 00:32:26,118 We want to search the building. 699 00:32:26,201 --> 00:32:28,493 I'm afraid not, Mr. Axelrod. 700 00:32:28,577 --> 00:32:30,118 You are on our soil. 701 00:32:30,201 --> 00:32:31,493 All decisions of that nature will be handled 702 00:32:31,577 --> 00:32:34,326 by the Sheik, through me. 703 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:36,326 Now, since you're here, 704 00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:37,994 the Sheik would like me to go through the terms... 705 00:32:38,076 --> 00:32:40,285 First I find Wags, then I sit with the guy in the robes. 706 00:32:40,368 --> 00:32:43,076 As your Mr. Wagner said to me: I speak for that man. 707 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,994 Uh-huh. 708 00:32:45,076 --> 00:32:49,500 Look, put me with the Sheik so we can sort all this out. 709 00:32:49,535 --> 00:32:50,785 Of course. 710 00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:53,076 But you will have to wait, as everything runs 711 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,952 on the Sheik's very busy schedule. 712 00:32:59,618 --> 00:33:01,618 Is he fucking in there? 713 00:33:01,702 --> 00:33:03,076 It's possible. 714 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,160 We call the cops, the FBI? 715 00:33:05,243 --> 00:33:07,201 They get turned away. Diplomatic immunity. 716 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:10,702 And it gets very public. Very messy. 717 00:33:10,785 --> 00:33:14,285 You say goodbye to managing sovereign wealth ever again. 718 00:33:14,368 --> 00:33:18,076 Let me pull security cam footage from nearby buildings, 719 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,368 see if he actually left. 720 00:33:19,452 --> 00:33:20,452 Fine. 721 00:33:20,535 --> 00:33:22,035 Fuck. 722 00:33:22,118 --> 00:33:23,785 They're doing this for leverage... 723 00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:26,618 'cause they want to be able to dictate terms on the deal. 724 00:33:26,702 --> 00:33:29,285 They put themselves in a good position to do just that. 725 00:33:29,368 --> 00:33:32,493 Yeah. Well, we need some leverage of our own. 726 00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:33,535 I'm on it. 727 00:33:40,869 --> 00:33:43,618 Well, you were right, there he is. 728 00:33:43,702 --> 00:33:45,410 Cheetah's gotta visit the water hole. 729 00:33:45,493 --> 00:33:47,827 Yeah. 730 00:33:47,910 --> 00:33:50,326 He's sure to scatter if I just walk up to him. 731 00:33:50,410 --> 00:33:52,243 After all, I did prosecute the man. 732 00:33:52,326 --> 00:33:54,201 I'll do it. 733 00:33:54,285 --> 00:33:56,201 You are a gentle-lady and a scholar. 734 00:33:57,098 --> 00:33:58,160 Uh-huh. 735 00:33:58,243 --> 00:34:00,952 Oh, uh, offer him my Park-Anywhere Permit 736 00:34:00,987 --> 00:34:02,352 if you need to. 737 00:34:12,618 --> 00:34:15,201 Steven Birch. 738 00:34:15,285 --> 00:34:18,035 The face that launched a thousand shorts. 739 00:34:20,076 --> 00:34:21,618 What can I do for you? 740 00:34:48,994 --> 00:34:50,493 He said he hurt his knee 741 00:34:50,577 --> 00:34:52,577 and his wife prefers the beach to skiing. 742 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:54,994 Mm-hmm. 743 00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:56,952 You have his first tracks. 744 00:34:59,076 --> 00:35:00,410 What'd you trade for them? 745 00:35:00,493 --> 00:35:02,660 It was the parking permit, wasn't it? 746 00:35:02,744 --> 00:35:04,702 No, Chuck. 747 00:35:04,785 --> 00:35:06,827 Really? 748 00:35:06,910 --> 00:35:08,326 Nobody wants this fucking thing. 749 00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:09,660 So, what did you trade? 750 00:35:09,744 --> 00:35:11,076 A session. 751 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,326 Isn't that cheating on Axe? 752 00:35:13,410 --> 00:35:15,994 I won't give Birch the 'A' stuff. 753 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:24,201 I've got your first tracks, Donny D. 754 00:35:24,285 --> 00:35:26,326 Nice. 755 00:35:26,410 --> 00:35:29,869 Then you, sir, have your children's service tickets. 756 00:35:29,952 --> 00:35:31,577 - Take care, Chuck. - Take care. 757 00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:38,076 Now, take me to the Ambassador. 758 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,744 - I will and I can. - Good. Let's go. 759 00:35:40,827 --> 00:35:43,577 - Soon. - Fuck soon. 760 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:46,452 I didn't expect you to put this together so quickly. 761 00:35:46,535 --> 00:35:49,201 I'm not the actual guy to make the actual introduction, 762 00:35:49,285 --> 00:35:52,827 but I can introduce you to a guy who can. 763 00:35:52,910 --> 00:35:56,035 Why don't you call that guy? 764 00:35:56,118 --> 00:35:58,410 Right now. 765 00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:12,785 You see, falcons mate for life. 766 00:36:12,869 --> 00:36:15,118 As humans do... 767 00:36:15,201 --> 00:36:17,660 sometimes. 768 00:36:17,744 --> 00:36:19,744 They're much more consistent than we are. 769 00:36:19,827 --> 00:36:21,994 Because they know who they are. 770 00:36:22,076 --> 00:36:24,285 The males go out and hunt and bring back food. 771 00:36:24,368 --> 00:36:26,201 And the females stay in the nest, 772 00:36:26,285 --> 00:36:29,285 defending it, tending to the young. 773 00:36:29,368 --> 00:36:31,827 As nature dictates. 774 00:36:31,910 --> 00:36:34,785 Yes, that kind of bifurcation of roles makes sense, 775 00:36:34,869 --> 00:36:36,910 when you're dealing with a single meal at a time. 776 00:36:36,994 --> 00:36:39,744 But when the hunt will provide for generations, 777 00:36:39,827 --> 00:36:42,744 one would do well to go with whoever can get the best kill. 778 00:36:46,410 --> 00:36:48,493 I like the logic and strength of this argument. 779 00:36:48,577 --> 00:36:50,201 Come. 780 00:36:50,285 --> 00:36:51,994 Let us take some tea with the Sheik. 781 00:37:00,577 --> 00:37:02,493 Go. 782 00:37:02,577 --> 00:37:04,869 Security footage from neighboring buildings 783 00:37:04,952 --> 00:37:06,201 says Wags never left. 784 00:37:06,285 --> 00:37:08,076 Motherfuckers. 785 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,577 What could they be doing to him? 786 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:11,118 Unclear. 787 00:37:11,201 --> 00:37:12,201 Have they got him chained up? 788 00:37:12,285 --> 00:37:13,577 Would they torture him, 789 00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:15,452 rendition him back to their country? 790 00:37:15,535 --> 00:37:17,744 Chemicals more likely... 791 00:37:17,827 --> 00:37:21,035 Pentathol, perhaps, other sedatives, 792 00:37:21,118 --> 00:37:25,827 to encourage docility, but, again, unclear. 793 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:28,201 Have we discovered any leverage? 794 00:37:28,285 --> 00:37:30,785 I have something you can play in the room. 795 00:37:30,869 --> 00:37:32,785 The kind of scandal that scares the shit 796 00:37:32,869 --> 00:37:35,452 out of even the most powerful people in the Middle East. 797 00:37:40,618 --> 00:37:42,744 Good. 798 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,577 This may be enough to free Wags, 799 00:37:44,660 --> 00:37:47,452 and to keep the sovereign money out of Taylor's hands. 800 00:37:47,535 --> 00:37:50,368 If I can get in the fucking room. 801 00:37:50,452 --> 00:37:52,368 If I don't hear that I've got a meeting 802 00:37:52,452 --> 00:37:54,201 by day's end, fuck Axe Capital. 803 00:37:54,285 --> 00:37:55,493 I'm gonna call the State Department. 804 00:37:55,577 --> 00:37:57,160 We blow this whole thing up. 805 00:37:59,869 --> 00:38:03,035 Nacho, this is Chuck. 806 00:38:03,118 --> 00:38:04,910 He needs to meet the Ambassador. 807 00:38:04,994 --> 00:38:06,869 Oh, yeah? Well, Ambassador Suarez 808 00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:08,660 isn't taking any meetings right now. 809 00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:11,243 Not until this bullshit with his stepson is fixed. 810 00:38:11,326 --> 00:38:13,869 Man, this fucking city, it nibbles away at you 811 00:38:13,952 --> 00:38:16,460 like fucking piranhas until there's nothing left. 812 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,535 Mm. 813 00:38:17,618 --> 00:38:18,869 They put a Citi Bike rack on my fucking street, 814 00:38:18,952 --> 00:38:20,660 took up all the legal spots. 815 00:38:20,744 --> 00:38:22,201 I was just talking to my lawyer 816 00:38:22,285 --> 00:38:23,869 who's dealing with three thousand dollars 817 00:38:23,952 --> 00:38:25,493 worth of fucking parking tickets for me. 818 00:38:28,201 --> 00:38:31,869 Tell me this: can you make tickets go away? 819 00:38:31,952 --> 00:38:34,326 You put me with the Ambassador, 820 00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:36,660 I think I can do you one better. 821 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:42,702 You'll never get a parking ticket again. 822 00:38:42,785 --> 00:38:43,589 Yeah. 823 00:38:43,644 --> 00:38:46,808 Robert Axelrod, Atlas of the finance world. 824 00:38:46,843 --> 00:38:48,326 Charles Rhoades, Esquire. 825 00:38:48,410 --> 00:38:50,243 There's a, uh, situation. 826 00:38:50,326 --> 00:38:53,160 That new charter school that's going into Tribeca. 827 00:38:53,243 --> 00:38:57,285 It's become central in some contract I just made with a guy. 828 00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:59,493 And you saw I was on the board of that school. 829 00:38:59,577 --> 00:39:02,118 And I wondered what it might take to move that school 830 00:39:02,201 --> 00:39:05,410 to a different spot, a few blocks away. 831 00:39:06,398 --> 00:39:08,410 It'd take plenty... but who cares? 832 00:39:08,493 --> 00:39:10,702 If it matters to you, I can do it. 833 00:39:10,785 --> 00:39:12,326 Meet with my man Sean Ayles. 834 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,326 - He'll take it from there. - Thank you. 835 00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:16,368 You'll have fun with Ayles. 836 00:39:16,452 --> 00:39:18,577 He's exactly the opposite of what he seems. 837 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:20,160 Who isn't these days? 838 00:39:21,702 --> 00:39:24,201 I gotta go. 839 00:39:24,285 --> 00:39:25,827 - Yeah? - It's Farhad. 840 00:39:25,910 --> 00:39:28,160 You have your meeting with the Sheik in one hour. 841 00:39:28,243 --> 00:39:30,452 I'll be there. 842 00:39:33,994 --> 00:39:36,744 Hall, I've got the meeting... 843 00:39:40,118 --> 00:39:43,738 I believe our target is sipping a mojito dead ahead. 844 00:39:45,086 --> 00:39:46,140 Uh-huh. 845 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:47,535 I believe you are correct. 846 00:39:52,869 --> 00:39:54,285 Ambassador Suarez. 847 00:39:54,368 --> 00:39:55,952 Yes. 848 00:39:56,035 --> 00:39:59,035 I understand you're having a problem with your stepson. 849 00:39:59,118 --> 00:40:02,410 I am having problems with the puritanical mores 850 00:40:02,493 --> 00:40:05,610 - and laws in this provincial country. - Mm. 851 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,744 A fight for the soul of our nation is indeed under way. 852 00:40:08,827 --> 00:40:11,160 Mm. 853 00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:14,160 My stepson merely got started with his girlfriend 854 00:40:14,243 --> 00:40:15,452 when she was a bit too young. 855 00:40:15,535 --> 00:40:18,368 - Mm-hmm. - She was 16, he was 20. 856 00:40:18,452 --> 00:40:20,201 - Ah. - Her parents, 857 00:40:20,285 --> 00:40:22,535 fucking crazy people, 858 00:40:22,618 --> 00:40:26,368 went to the police and he had to register as a sex offender... 859 00:40:26,452 --> 00:40:28,785 And with the charter school opening on his block, 860 00:40:28,869 --> 00:40:30,410 he now has to move. 861 00:40:30,493 --> 00:40:32,452 In order to stay beyond the buffer zone. 862 00:40:32,535 --> 00:40:35,118 It's making my wife miserable. 863 00:40:35,201 --> 00:40:37,827 I am here to alleviate her symptoms. 864 00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:40,243 - Yeah. - Mr. Ayles... 865 00:40:40,326 --> 00:40:42,302 The thing is, and a propitious 866 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:43,827 - thing it is indeed... - Mm. 867 00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:47,577 I represent a board member, and his message to you 868 00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:50,243 is that that school does not have to go there. 869 00:40:50,326 --> 00:40:52,201 As simple as that? 870 00:40:52,285 --> 00:40:54,994 Oh, nearly so, sir. 871 00:40:55,076 --> 00:40:56,744 Nearly so. 872 00:40:56,827 --> 00:41:00,326 And what do you want from me, my newfound friends? 873 00:41:45,564 --> 00:41:48,671 The final authority on this is behind that door. 874 00:41:50,707 --> 00:41:51,994 The Sheik is in there? 875 00:42:13,577 --> 00:42:18,285 Well, that's got to feel like a surprise party of one. 876 00:42:18,368 --> 00:42:22,368 First the shock and then that warm feeling of seeing 877 00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:26,118 how far out of the way people have gone for you. 878 00:42:26,201 --> 00:42:27,910 Something like that, yes. 879 00:42:27,994 --> 00:42:29,243 Good! 880 00:42:29,326 --> 00:42:31,118 It's true, I am not the Sheik. 881 00:42:31,201 --> 00:42:32,910 But in some ways, I am. 882 00:42:32,994 --> 00:42:36,827 Our powers. Our reach, is similar. 883 00:42:36,910 --> 00:42:38,285 His English is better. 884 00:42:38,368 --> 00:42:40,577 Yeah, sure. He went to your schools. 885 00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:42,326 I had to pick it up 886 00:42:42,410 --> 00:42:45,368 watching the Happy Days and Mike Wallace. 887 00:42:45,452 --> 00:42:48,452 Though my favorite was Rollerball. 888 00:42:48,535 --> 00:42:50,160 The original. 889 00:42:50,243 --> 00:42:53,410 You decided that you weren't gonna be one of the players. 890 00:42:53,493 --> 00:42:56,326 Instead one of the men above, controlling them. 891 00:42:56,410 --> 00:42:58,535 Playing looked like a gas. 892 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:01,702 Until the spikes came out. 893 00:43:01,785 --> 00:43:04,618 I prefer to watch the collisions. 894 00:43:04,702 --> 00:43:07,910 Set in motion the factors that cause them. 895 00:43:07,994 --> 00:43:11,869 Your man, Wags, could have avoided his. 896 00:43:11,952 --> 00:43:13,535 But he mentioned Taylor's fund. 897 00:43:13,618 --> 00:43:15,285 And somehow word got back to you. 898 00:43:15,368 --> 00:43:17,160 Not somehow. 899 00:43:17,243 --> 00:43:19,910 I have a very deep relationship with the Royal Family. 900 00:43:19,994 --> 00:43:22,869 I leave various oil markets open to them, 901 00:43:22,952 --> 00:43:26,952 and they allow my investments to thrive. 902 00:43:27,035 --> 00:43:28,952 In hedge funds such as Taylor's. 903 00:43:29,035 --> 00:43:32,660 We look out for each other's interests. 904 00:43:32,744 --> 00:43:35,201 As I had hoped you and I would. 905 00:43:35,285 --> 00:43:37,076 I hoped for that as well. 906 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,387 But you didn't act like it. 907 00:43:39,422 --> 00:43:41,744 Instead, you tried to stop Taylor 908 00:43:41,827 --> 00:43:44,410 from getting the additional capital 909 00:43:44,493 --> 00:43:48,201 to allow their firm to grow, make bigger plays. 910 00:43:48,285 --> 00:43:49,660 This affects me. 911 00:43:49,744 --> 00:43:51,785 Wasn't my intention to cause you harm. 912 00:43:51,869 --> 00:43:55,326 Intentions don't matter at all to me. 913 00:43:55,410 --> 00:43:57,493 I reward actions. 914 00:43:57,577 --> 00:43:59,160 And I punish them, too. 915 00:43:59,243 --> 00:44:00,785 As I know you do, Axe, 916 00:44:00,869 --> 00:44:05,952 in your slightly smaller section of the world. 917 00:44:06,035 --> 00:44:08,618 You should know that Wags was only following orders. 918 00:44:08,702 --> 00:44:10,994 - My orders. - Don't fret. 919 00:44:11,076 --> 00:44:14,243 Your man will be waiting for you in your car. 920 00:44:14,326 --> 00:44:17,201 He's going to have a hell of a headache for a few days. 921 00:44:17,285 --> 00:44:19,326 But it will wear off. 922 00:44:19,410 --> 00:44:23,702 I do this for you as a favor for old times' sake. 923 00:44:23,785 --> 00:44:26,660 This is what I'm telling you. 924 00:44:26,744 --> 00:44:29,660 - Thank you. - No sweat, Fonzie. 925 00:44:34,076 --> 00:44:40,660 Now: please stop fucking with Taylor Mason. 926 00:44:40,744 --> 00:44:43,744 As a matter of fact, by the time you get back 927 00:44:43,827 --> 00:44:47,827 to your luxurious penthouse, forget all about them. 928 00:44:47,910 --> 00:44:51,285 But be sure you don't forget about me. 929 00:45:18,702 --> 00:45:20,201 Hey! 930 00:45:20,285 --> 00:45:21,994 Hey. 931 00:45:22,076 --> 00:45:23,744 You okay, man? 932 00:45:23,827 --> 00:45:26,577 I don't know what's coursing through my body. 933 00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:30,076 GHB, ketamine. Whoof. 934 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,201 I mean, everything was going great. 935 00:45:33,285 --> 00:45:34,952 Then they turned on me 936 00:45:35,035 --> 00:45:37,702 like Sharon Stone did in Total Recall. 937 00:45:37,785 --> 00:45:39,744 Well, you do look a little like Kuato. 938 00:45:39,827 --> 00:45:41,076 Hmm. 939 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,076 Hey. 940 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,535 They took you to get to me. 941 00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:48,660 I'm sorry you got caught up in it. 942 00:45:48,744 --> 00:45:51,326 The Sheik never has to say sorry. 943 00:46:04,201 --> 00:46:07,827 ♪ Pick me a town in any clime ♪ 944 00:46:07,910 --> 00:46:10,493 ♪ Where people like a rockin' time ♪ 945 00:46:10,577 --> 00:46:12,326 ♪ And stay awake... ♪ 946 00:46:12,410 --> 00:46:14,535 Ah, working man's bar. 947 00:46:14,618 --> 00:46:16,577 Oh, when I saw you here 948 00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:19,285 I figured it was Eagle Scout night. 949 00:46:19,368 --> 00:46:22,785 ♪ Smack dab in the middle of it ♪ 950 00:46:22,869 --> 00:46:24,618 ♪ Smack dab in the middle of it... ♪ 951 00:46:24,702 --> 00:46:26,618 Rhoades. 952 00:46:26,702 --> 00:46:29,910 You keep popping up like a turd remnant that won't flush. 953 00:46:29,994 --> 00:46:32,118 You've got a problem with your ace pitcher 954 00:46:32,201 --> 00:46:34,326 in the Police Benevolent Little League playoffs. 955 00:46:34,410 --> 00:46:38,201 ♪ I want ten Cadillacs and a diamond mill... ♪ 956 00:46:38,285 --> 00:46:40,618 I overheard your conversation at Barney Greengrass. 957 00:46:40,702 --> 00:46:42,285 ♪ I wanna ten-room house... ♪ 958 00:46:42,368 --> 00:46:44,326 And, so? 959 00:46:44,410 --> 00:46:46,076 The cut off is fucking arbitrary, 960 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,952 the kid is five-and-a-half months too old. 961 00:46:48,035 --> 00:46:49,243 This one's a few months too young, 962 00:46:49,326 --> 00:46:50,660 that one's a few months too old. 963 00:46:50,744 --> 00:46:53,660 These things can all balance out. 964 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:56,827 What if told you your pitcher can be any age you need him to be? 965 00:46:56,910 --> 00:46:58,869 The fuck you say? 966 00:46:58,952 --> 00:47:01,618 ♪ Well, let me rock and roll... ♪ 967 00:47:01,702 --> 00:47:05,118 That one has been destroyed. 968 00:47:05,201 --> 00:47:07,410 Fill this out, make a copy, 969 00:47:07,493 --> 00:47:09,869 and give me back the original to be filed. 970 00:47:09,952 --> 00:47:11,827 Blank Dominican birth certificate. 971 00:47:11,910 --> 00:47:16,702 Kid can pitch Little League for the next five years if you want. 972 00:47:16,785 --> 00:47:18,160 How? 973 00:47:18,243 --> 00:47:19,785 I want to know about splash back. 974 00:47:19,869 --> 00:47:21,160 None at all. 975 00:47:21,243 --> 00:47:22,535 Full sneeze shield protection. 976 00:47:22,618 --> 00:47:23,910 High-level diplomat. 977 00:47:23,994 --> 00:47:25,952 Never heard your name or a 'why.' 978 00:47:26,035 --> 00:47:28,160 Only knew he owed me a favor. 979 00:47:29,208 --> 00:47:30,368 Yeah. 980 00:47:30,452 --> 00:47:33,952 As I do now. 981 00:47:39,076 --> 00:47:42,201 You got that carry permit you were looking for. 982 00:47:42,285 --> 00:47:44,994 Thank you. 983 00:47:45,076 --> 00:47:48,618 Let this be a beginning and not an ending. 984 00:48:02,416 --> 00:48:03,726 I got your text. 985 00:48:03,761 --> 00:48:04,994 Yeah. 986 00:48:05,076 --> 00:48:06,577 Long meeting. Eight hours. 987 00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:09,452 But the money is coming on board. 988 00:48:09,535 --> 00:48:12,452 It was brave that you did what you had to do to get it. 989 00:48:12,535 --> 00:48:14,368 Whatever it takes. 990 00:48:14,452 --> 00:48:16,326 Still not used to having enemies. 991 00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:19,076 It's a sign of your stature. 992 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,452 Get used to it. 993 00:48:21,535 --> 00:48:23,577 Axe hired Danzig. 994 00:48:23,660 --> 00:48:24,994 The head hunter's been compromised. 995 00:48:25,076 --> 00:48:26,660 - Fire her. - Already done. 996 00:48:26,744 --> 00:48:28,577 What other measures can we take? 997 00:48:28,660 --> 00:48:31,076 We need to hire a Counter Intel specialist. 998 00:48:31,792 --> 00:48:33,326 Do it... 999 00:48:33,410 --> 00:48:34,660 I'm sorry to wake you. 1000 00:48:34,744 --> 00:48:36,994 It's okay, what else was I doing? 1001 00:48:41,924 --> 00:48:42,985 Do you have it yet? 1002 00:48:44,618 --> 00:48:49,109 I could just walk away, just run Axe Cap, 1003 00:48:49,144 --> 00:48:51,652 forget all about Taylor, just like Grigor told me. 1004 00:48:51,687 --> 00:48:53,573 Might even be the 'mature' thing. 1005 00:48:53,608 --> 00:48:54,618 Fuck mature. 1006 00:48:54,702 --> 00:48:56,535 I'm overmatched. 1007 00:48:56,618 --> 00:48:59,827 For the first time since I can remember. 1008 00:48:59,910 --> 00:49:01,160 He's richer than me. 1009 00:49:02,836 --> 00:49:04,869 And he's willing to do shit I am not. 1010 00:49:04,952 --> 00:49:06,535 And he's connected to all those other people 1011 00:49:06,618 --> 00:49:08,493 wanting to do the same shit for him. 1012 00:49:08,577 --> 00:49:10,368 You walking away? 1013 00:49:13,660 --> 00:49:16,243 You're not walking away. 1014 00:49:16,326 --> 00:49:19,452 Because, yeah, he's a Russian Oligarch. 1015 00:49:19,535 --> 00:49:22,035 But you, mon frère, are a motherfucking Oligarch, too. 1016 00:49:22,118 --> 00:49:23,994 An American Oligarch. 1017 00:49:24,076 --> 00:49:26,035 You will not relent. 1018 00:49:26,118 --> 00:49:27,869 Taylor must pay. 1019 00:49:27,952 --> 00:49:30,744 Well, we have to do it without Grigor getting a whiff of us. 1020 00:49:30,827 --> 00:49:34,201 Any losses Taylor Mason Capital has will seem suspect. 1021 00:49:34,285 --> 00:49:37,201 The guy's as mercurial as Sinatra with a cold. 1022 00:49:37,285 --> 00:49:40,493 Sooner than later, he's gonna pull his money from Taylor, you know. 1023 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:41,869 Then he won't care. 1024 00:49:41,952 --> 00:49:44,535 Just wait it out. 1025 00:49:44,618 --> 00:49:46,285 You said it, Wags. 1026 00:49:46,368 --> 00:49:48,702 We make him mercurial. 1027 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:50,869 Entice him to take his money elsewhere. 1028 00:49:50,952 --> 00:49:52,827 Not 'cause he's getting beaten up, 1029 00:49:52,910 --> 00:49:54,410 but because nothing's happening. 1030 00:49:54,493 --> 00:49:57,535 He's not losing money, but he's not making money either. 1031 00:49:57,618 --> 00:50:00,618 We don't put out this fire by pouring water on it. 1032 00:50:00,702 --> 00:50:03,702 But by sucking oxygen out of the room. 1033 00:50:03,785 --> 00:50:06,577 Slowly. Invisibly. 1034 00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:08,785 Completely. 1035 00:50:17,096 --> 00:50:18,326 I'm sending my fucking doctor over. 1036 00:50:18,410 --> 00:50:19,827 First thing tomorrow. 1037 00:50:19,910 --> 00:50:21,994 Whatever you say, Papa... 1038 00:50:28,952 --> 00:50:32,910 I haven't been this banged up for quite a while. 1039 00:50:32,994 --> 00:50:34,702 You hold it well. 1040 00:50:34,785 --> 00:50:37,243 I don't know why I should be surprised by that, but I am. 1041 00:50:37,326 --> 00:50:38,910 Used to be like this five nights a week for me 1042 00:50:38,994 --> 00:50:40,785 back when I was a line pross. 1043 00:50:40,869 --> 00:50:44,076 Oh, shit. I just realized where we are. 1044 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,035 - You remember that night? - Sure. 1045 00:50:46,118 --> 00:50:48,160 The night Gotti hit Castellano. 1046 00:50:48,243 --> 00:50:50,535 They got his driver Tommy Bilotti too. 1047 00:50:50,618 --> 00:50:52,368 - Yeah. - Boom, boom, boom. 1048 00:50:52,452 --> 00:50:55,994 I was a beat cop back then, fresh out of the Academy. You? 1049 00:50:56,076 --> 00:50:58,035 Home from school for Christmas. 1050 00:51:01,201 --> 00:51:04,035 There was a way order used to be maintained back then. 1051 00:51:04,962 --> 00:51:06,368 On both sides of the damn street. 1052 00:51:06,452 --> 00:51:07,910 Back when New York worked. 1053 00:51:07,994 --> 00:51:09,827 Handshakes and gentlemen's agreements 1054 00:51:09,910 --> 00:51:11,160 that could be counted on. 1055 00:51:11,243 --> 00:51:13,577 That order got shot to shit that night. 1056 00:51:13,660 --> 00:51:15,869 Fuckin' A. 1057 00:51:15,952 --> 00:51:18,368 Some of us are still old school, though, right? 1058 00:51:18,452 --> 00:51:20,744 All the way... 1059 00:51:20,827 --> 00:51:22,869 Remember the pictures of Castellano...? 1060 00:51:22,952 --> 00:51:25,410 Oh. 1061 00:51:25,493 --> 00:51:28,493 Guy thought he was heading for a beautiful steak, right? 1062 00:51:28,577 --> 00:51:30,910 Barely gets out the car, boom. 1063 00:51:33,212 --> 00:51:35,038 Right? His mouth's all open. 1064 00:51:37,192 --> 00:51:38,368 Oh, my God. 1065 00:51:42,118 --> 00:51:44,368 Some fucking night that was, huh? 1066 00:51:46,744 --> 00:51:50,160 You know, I kind of feel bad for the old guy, 1067 00:51:51,165 --> 00:51:52,869 scumbag that he was. 1068 00:51:54,994 --> 00:51:58,243 Blindsided like that. 1069 00:51:58,326 --> 00:52:02,952 But I guess that's New York for ya, right? 1070 00:52:03,035 --> 00:52:05,410 Boss one minute, in the gutter the next. 1071 00:52:05,493 --> 00:52:07,326 Yeah. 1072 00:52:07,410 --> 00:52:09,577 The best you can hope for is one last look at the stars 1073 00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:11,660 before you go. 1074 00:54:23,291 --> 00:54:25,369 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.MY-SUBS.com